The first part of our weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

July 20

  • Samuel Robinson, 32, of Ferry Lane, Bourne End. Possession of a class A drug (cocaine) in Maidenhead on January 17. Fined £500. Costs £135. Cocaine forfeited and destroyed.
  • Andre Gibson, 18, of Gayhurst Road, High Wycombe. Racially/religiously aggravated harassment/alarm/distress by words/writing in High Wycombe on November 10, 2019. Used threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour and the offence was racially aggravated. Fined £120. Compensation £40. Costs £117.
  • Aleksandr Artamonov, 36, of Hedgerley, Chinnor. Failure to provide a specimen when suspected of having been in charge of a vehicle in Beaconsfield on April 9. Fined £100. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.
  • Aleksandr Artamonov, 36, of Hedgerley, Chinnor. Driving over the drink-drive limit in A355 Dorney Hill North, Beaconsfield on June 10. Fined £300. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

July 21

  • Ashley Phillips, 26, of St Huberts Close, Gerrards Cross. Driving over the drug-drive limit on Maidenhead Road, Windsor, on January 8, 2020. Fined £196. Costs £117.
  • Jordan Araujo, 22, of Weller Close, Amersham. Assault by beating in Beaconsfield on August 18, 2019. Community order made – must carry out 100 hours of unpaid work. Restraining order. Compensation £1,000.
  • Sukhjit Singh, 40, of Gomms Wood Close, Forty Green. Racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/a;arm/distress – words/writing. In Amersham on July 15, 2019 with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Community order made. Alcohol treatment required. Compensation £100. Costs £85.
  • Perry Billington, 32, of Crest Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit on Fingest Lane, Fingest, on June 16, 2020. Fined £120. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

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